Cohen Has Knowledge of Russia Campaign Conspiracy Lawyer Says

[FollowTheWay]

Bloomberg
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Shannon Pettypiece Jennifer Jacobs Terrence Dopp
August 22, 2018, 8:19 AM EDT

‘A Criminal President’
“It’s a big day, it’s a bad day,” said John Dean, former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, on the implications of Cohen’s plea on Trump and his presidency. “I think we’ve established today that we have a criminal president, and that is historic.”

If Trump knew about the payments and that they were illegal, he could be charged with violating election law for accepting illegal payments and not disclosing them, said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance lawyer with Common Cause. Current Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and that any wrongdoing should be referred to Congress for impeachment proceedings. Those guidelines aren’t binding.

 

[church mouse guy]

John Dean would sell his mother to Sudanese Muslim slave traders if he could make a dollar. And who pays any attention to Common Cause?

 

[InTheLight]

Bloomberg
Terms of Service Violation
Shannon Pettypiece Jennifer Jacobs Terrence Dopp
August 22, 2018, 8:19 AM EDT

‘A Criminal President’
“It’s a big day, it’s a bad day,” said John Dean, former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, on the implications of Cohen’s plea on Trump and his presidency. “I think we’ve established today that we have a criminal president, and that is historic.”

If Trump knew about the payments and that they were illegal, he could be charged with violating election law for accepting illegal payments and not disclosing them, said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance lawyer with Common Cause. Current Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and that any wrongdoing should be referred to Congress for impeachment proceedings. Those guidelines aren’t binding.

I don't see anything in your quoted material about John Dean that indicates Cohen has knowledge of Russia campaign collusion.

In fact, I don't see the name of his lawyer in the body of text you quoted.

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[Revmitchell]

What payments did Trump accept?

 

[InTheLight]

Why aren't the Justice department guidelines, which reference the Constitution, which calls for the President to be impeached for any crimes, not binding?


To state it more simply--why isn't the Constitution binding in this (hypothetical) case?

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[Gold Dragon]

I don't see anything in your quoted material about John Dean that indicates Cohen has knowledge of Russia campaign collusion.

In fact, I don't see the name of his lawyer in the body of text you quoted.

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starting at 2:40

 

[InTheLight]

starting at 2:40

Thank you.

 

[HankD]

The Mueller Kangaroo court (Investigation) is the Strzok "Insurance Policy" to garner together enough testimonies to fabricate "high crimes and/or misdemeanors" in a coup attempt to topple Trump.

We will probably see bigger than life size images of the faces of Manafort/Cohen trumpeted as conspirators in crime with the "criminal" Donald Trump broadcast across the nation now until the mid term elections.

Expect public rejoicing among the marxist progressives.

 

[church mouse guy]

The Mueller Kangaroo court (Investigation) is the Strzok "Insurance Policy" to garner together enough testimonies to fabricate "high crimes and/or misdemeanors" in a coup attempt to topple Trump.

We will probably see bigger than life size images of the faces of Manafort/Cohen trumpeted as conspirators in crime with the "criminal" Donald Trump broadcast across the nation now until the mid term elections.

Expect public rejoicing among the marxist progressives.

And total indifference among working people. Sessions should be fired right away.

 

[church mouse guy]

starting at 2:40

Lanny Davis is a Clinton hack. Why would any Republican want a Democrat lawyer? Cohen must be dumb.

 

[Gold Dragon]

Lanny Davis is a Clinton hack. Why would any Republican want a Democrat lawyer? Cohen must be dumb.

“Tell It Early, Tell It All”: Can the Clinton Defense Save Michael Cohen?
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Cohen’s repositioning continued on Thursday, when The New York Times broke the news that Cohen has hired an additional lawyer to assist his defense and manage his rehabilitation: top Washington lawyer Lanny Davis. “Like most of America, I have been following the matter regarding Michael Cohen with great interest. As an attorney, I have talked to Michael many times in the last two weeks. Then I read his words published on July 2, and I recognized his sincerity,” Davis said in a statement, referring to the Stephanopoulos interview. “Michael Cohen deserves to tell his side of the story—subject, of course, to the advice of counsel.”

Getting his clients to tell their side of the story is Davis’s modus operandi. During Bill Clinton’s presidency, Davis—a critical member of the White House “war room” established to handle the Ken Starr investigation—implemented a mantra that has since become his calling card: “Tell it early, tell it all, tell it yourself.” To Davis, transparency is one of the greatest weapons when fighting a legal battle in the public arena. During one of several conversations I have had with him over the past year and a half, Davis explained that the best strategy is to pre-empt bad news by getting the truth out first, acknowledging wrongdoing and fixing the problem. “It is the only way out, it is the only way to save your reputation if you have done something wrong,” he told me.

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With the prospect of a potential indictment looming, Cohen’s shifting legal strategy has inflamed speculation that he might flip. “He knows that with the government in possession of over 1 million documents, he is going to be facing a tight case against him—it’s hard to deny doing and knowing things that are written in black and white. I am guessing that he also wants to distance himself from the bigger train wreck coming toward the White House,” Asha Rangappa, a lawyer and former F.B.I special agent, told me. “He needs attorneys who can both get him the best deal possible and also help him create a favorable narrative around his story and his role in the Trump world. Davis and Petrillo are experienced lawyers who can do both—Davis specializes in ‘legal crisis management’ and P.R., and Petrillo is a former prosecutor.”

 

[church mouse guy]

Cohen should have known better. He did nothing wrong except hire Davis, who is gloating that he lost the case. I would not trust Lanny Davis any farther than I could throw him, which wouldn't be very far at all. He might as well have hired Bill Clinton himself since Bill would be an expert in the type of person who was blackmailing Trump.

 

[Gold Dragon]

“Why Am I Going to Continue to Be Silent?”: Michael Cohen Is Ready to Kick Off the Lanny Davis Era

Cohen, for his part, seems game to fight back. “For a year and a half, I’ve been silent,” Cohen told friends around the time he called Davis. “What has silence gotten me? It’s ruined my business. It’s ruined my wife’s life. It’s ruined my children’s lives. I’ve been a punching bag for everybody. Why am I going to continue to be silent?”

 

[Yeshua1]

Bloomberg
Terms of Service Violation
Shannon Pettypiece Jennifer Jacobs Terrence Dopp
August 22, 2018, 8:19 AM EDT

‘A Criminal President’
“It’s a big day, it’s a bad day,” said John Dean, former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, on the implications of Cohen’s plea on Trump and his presidency. “I think we’ve established today that we have a criminal president, and that is historic.”

If Trump knew about the payments and that they were illegal, he could be charged with violating election law for accepting illegal payments and not disclosing them, said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance lawyer with Common Cause. Current Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and that any wrongdoing should be referred to Congress for impeachment proceedings. Those guidelines aren’t binding.

NO direct proof yet offerred that Trump know of it, and that woud not be an Impeachable offense anyways!

 

[Reynolds]

Bloomberg
Terms of Service Violation
Shannon Pettypiece Jennifer Jacobs Terrence Dopp
August 22, 2018, 8:19 AM EDT

‘A Criminal President’
“It’s a big day, it’s a bad day,” said John Dean, former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, on the implications of Cohen’s plea on Trump and his presidency. “I think we’ve established today that we have a criminal president, and that is historic.”

If Trump knew about the payments and that they were illegal, he could be charged with violating election law for accepting illegal payments and not disclosing them, said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance lawyer with Common Cause. Current Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and that any wrongdoing should be referred to Congress for impeachment proceedings. Those guidelines aren’t binding.

The payment was not illegal.

 

[Yeshua1]

The payment was not illegal.

The tape thta I heard stated that the Donald did NOT aprove of it also!

 

[church mouse guy]

“Why Am I Going to Continue to Be Silent?”: Michael Cohen Is Ready to Kick Off the Lanny Davis Era

Cohen thought that the Democrats would get him off the hook and instead they got him 3-5 years. New Yorkers are the usual cold-hearted liberals. It's hard to care about a lawyer going to prison, if he ever does. Maybe Davis will get him off on appeal since Cohen seems to have done nothing wrong in the first place but what a shady lawyer to tape his own clients. My guess is that he will never practice again but it sounds as if he is mostly as businessman who had a law license. If he was spending Trump's money, then Trump by law can spend all the money that he wants on his campaign but a porn actress had nothing to do with the campaign in the first place so Cohen got suckered by Davis. It's like what do you call ten thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean--a good start.

 

[FollowTheWay]

I don't see anything in your quoted material about John Dean that indicates Cohen has knowledge of Russia campaign collusion.

In fact, I don't see the name of his lawyer in the body of text you quoted.

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This was Dean's assessment of the situation from the perspective of someone who's familiar with this kind of situation.

 

[InTheLight]

This was Dean's assessment of the situation from the perspective of someone who's familiar with this kind of situation.

Well your thread title has nothing to do with what you posted. Kind of strange.

 

[FollowTheWay]

Cohen thought that the Democrats would get him off the hook and instead they got him 3-5 years. New Yorkers are the usual cold-hearted liberals. It's hard to care about a lawyer going to prison, if he ever does. Maybe Davis will get him off on appeal since Cohen seems to have done nothing wrong in the first place but what a shady lawyer to tape his own clients. My guess is that he will never practice again but it sounds as if he is mostly as businessman who had a law license. If he was spending Trump's money, then Trump by law can spend all the money that he wants on his campaign but a porn actress had nothing to do with the campaign in the first place so Cohen got suckered by Davis. It's like what do you call ten thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean--a good start.

So you're saying that someone convicted by a judge and jury of a felony in America did nothing wrong? Do you believe in the rule of law?